Section 19-6-14. Child support and custody pending final divorce; effect on liability to third persons for necessaries

   Pending a final judgment in an action for divorce, the judge presiding may grant as alimony a sum sufficient for the support of the children of the parties. The judge may also hear and determine who shall be entitled to the care and custody of the children until the final judgment in the case. If a sum is awarded for the support of the children, the party who is required to pay the support shall not be liable to third persons for necessaries furnished to the children.

Ga. L. 1870, p. 413, § 1; Code 1873, § 1741; Code 1882, § 1741; Civil Code 1895, § 2461; Civil Code 1910, § 2980; Code 1933, § 30-206; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 11.